Vestal police could not be reached and town Supervisor John Schaffer declined comment.

The local president of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community said he believes it may have been intentional.

"We don't have any ill will toward anybody who did this," said local Ahmadiyya Muslim Community President Afzhal Rehman. "This is a house of God, and if anybody has any ill will toward a house of God, the matter is between them and God."

Rehman said the town and neighbors have been very supportive of the local Muslim community.